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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






2. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






3. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






4. What function is vitamin D?






5. What function is vitamin A?






6. What is normal BMI?






7. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






8. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






9. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






10. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






11. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






12. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






13. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






14. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






15. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






16. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






17. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






18. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






19. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






20. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






21. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






22. What does DASH stand for?






23. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






24. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






25. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






26. Where can you get more vitamin D?






27. What is RDA of protein?






28. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






29. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






30. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






31. What is the function of vitamin E?






32. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






33. The higher the BMR a client has --






34. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






35. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






36. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






37. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






38. Fats can lead to some medical problems






39. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






40. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






41. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






42. What is normal albumin levels?






43. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






44. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






45. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






46. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






47. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






48. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






49. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






50. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?